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diff --git a/Doc/lib/mimelib.tex b/Doc/lib/mimelib.tex index a265aca..c0b0383 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/mimelib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/mimelib.tex @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \title{email Package Reference} \author{Barry Warsaw} -\authoraddress{\email{barry@zope.com}} +\authoraddress{\email{barry@python.org}} \date{\today} \release{2.5} % software release, not documentation @@ -38,19 +38,12 @@ The \module{email} package provides classes and utilities to create, parse, generate, and modify email messages, conforming to all the relevant email and MIME related RFCs. -This document describes the current version of the \module{email} -package, which is available to Python programmers in a number of ways. -Python 2.2.2 and 2.3 come with \module{email} version 2, while earlier -versions of Python 2.2.x come with \module{email} version 1. Python -2.1.x and earlier do not come with any version of the \module{email} -package. - -The \module{email} package is also available as a standalone distutils -package, and is compatible with Python 2.1.3 and beyond. Thus, if -you're using Python 2.1.3 you can download the standalone package and -install it in your \file{site-packages} directory. The standalone -\module{email} package is available on the -\ulink{SourceForge \module{mimelib} project}{http://mimelib.sf.net}. +This document describes version 3.0 of the \module{email} package, which is +distributed with Python 2.4 and is availble as a standalone distutils-based +package for use with Python 2.3. \module{email} 3.0 is not compatible with +Python versions earlier than 2.3. For more information about the +\module{email} package, including download links and mailing lists, see +\ulink{Python's email SIG}{http://www.python.org/sigs/email-sig}. The documentation that follows was written for the Python project, so if you're reading this as part of the standalone \module{email} @@ -58,28 +51,7 @@ package documentation, there are a few notes to be aware of: \begin{itemize} \item Deprecation and ``version added'' notes are relative to the - Python version a feature was added or deprecated. To find out - what version of the \module{email} package a particular item was - added, changed, or removed, refer to the package's - \ulink{\file{NEWS} file}{http://cvs.sf.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mimelib/mimelib/NEWS?rev=1.36&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup}. - -\item The code samples are written with Python 2.2 in mind. For - Python 2.1.3, some adjustments are necessary. For example, this - code snippet; - - \begin{verbatim} - if isinstance(s, str): - # ... - \end{verbatim} - - would need to be written this way in Python 2.1.3: - - \begin{verbatim} - from types import StringType - # ... - if isinstance(s, StringType): - # ... - \end{verbatim} + Python version a feature was added or deprecated. \item If you're reading this documentation as part of the standalone \module{email} package, some of the internal links to |